Definition of flab in English:

flab

noun flabflæb

mass nouninformal

Soft loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
Example sentencesExamples
- You hope nothing unbuttons or unzips on you, revealing any flab or flesh.
- As his athletic bulk has turned to flab, he is now seen as a danger only to fellow-users of public transport.
- The only way to get rid of extra weight and flab is through exercise to burn up extra calories and by keeping away from those extra calories in the first place.
- I'll lose this flab around my middle, have some more energy and probably feel a little more focused and centered.
- Still, I wouldn't want a romantic clinch with a new love at my age - what with all that cellulite and flab.
- The very idea of overweight men being able to stuff all their excess flab into their underwear and pass themselves off as svelte is, quite frankly, unacceptable.
- But the grand ambition to shed festive season flab is likely to be quietly ditched by two-thirds of people before winter is out.
- It is what happens to your silhouette when excess flab is forced upwards and outwards by trousers that are at least two sizes too small.
- Not all English holidaymakers like getting drunk and showing off their flab you know!
- Parental responsibility is the key factor in fighting our children's flab and they need to be assisted in making the difficult choices about what to feed their children.
- Recently, an official newspaper published photos of them flaunting their flab.
- Though alcohol need not be eliminated from our lives, it is of interest to note that it is devoid of any nutritional value and can be turned into fat, adding flab to the body.
- The foetal stem cell therapy is not only being used to smooth out wrinkles, but is also being injected into other parts of the body to get rid of cellulite and excess flab.
- But if you stick to a program of healthful, moderately sized meals, this could be all your body needs to rid itself of excess flab.
- Love handles and a bit of flab here and there are a normal part of growing older, but an increasing number of people are facing a far weightier problem.
- I hated how I looked so I spent the summer working out and doing everything I could do get rid of my baby fat and flab.
- The first of my tests was a simple measurement of how much of my test subjects' stomach flab I could pinch between my fingers.
- Italian sportsmen are far too vain to run to flab.
- If he can cope with my cellulite, I can cope with his flab.
- He was of good army build, not letting any flab get to his body with his steel blue eyes that demanded respect when he wanted it.
Synonyms
fat, fatty tissue, excessive weight, fatness, plumpness, bulk, fleshiness, flesh
paunch, pot belly, beer belly, beer gut
informal beef

Origin

1950s: back-formation from flabby.

Flab was formed in the 1950s from the late 17th-century flabby, itself a form of flappy (late 16th century) from Middle English flap, which probably, along with its further variant flop (early 17th century), imitates the sound of something flapping. The slang use be in a flap about something dates from the early 20th century. Flabbergast, first mentioned in 1772 as a new piece of fashionable slang and probably an arbitrary invention, may have been modelled on flabby. Flaccid (early 17th century) comes from flaccus, the Latin for ‘flabby’.

Rhymes

blab, cab, confab, crab, Crabbe, dab, drab, fab, gab, grab, jab, kebab, lab, nab, scab, slab, smash-and-grab, stab, tab

Definition of flab in US English:

flab

nounflæbflab

informal

Soft loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
Example sentencesExamples
- The foetal stem cell therapy is not only being used to smooth out wrinkles, but is also being injected into other parts of the body to get rid of cellulite and excess flab.
- I hated how I looked so I spent the summer working out and doing everything I could do get rid of my baby fat and flab.
- The very idea of overweight men being able to stuff all their excess flab into their underwear and pass themselves off as svelte is, quite frankly, unacceptable.
- As his athletic bulk has turned to flab, he is now seen as a danger only to fellow-users of public transport.
- Though alcohol need not be eliminated from our lives, it is of interest to note that it is devoid of any nutritional value and can be turned into fat, adding flab to the body.
- Italian sportsmen are far too vain to run to flab.
- You hope nothing unbuttons or unzips on you, revealing any flab or flesh.
- Love handles and a bit of flab here and there are a normal part of growing older, but an increasing number of people are facing a far weightier problem.
- The only way to get rid of extra weight and flab is through exercise to burn up extra calories and by keeping away from those extra calories in the first place.
- I'll lose this flab around my middle, have some more energy and probably feel a little more focused and centered.
- If he can cope with my cellulite, I can cope with his flab.
- But the grand ambition to shed festive season flab is likely to be quietly ditched by two-thirds of people before winter is out.
- Recently, an official newspaper published photos of them flaunting their flab.
- But if you stick to a program of healthful, moderately sized meals, this could be all your body needs to rid itself of excess flab.
- Not all English holidaymakers like getting drunk and showing off their flab you know!
- The first of my tests was a simple measurement of how much of my test subjects' stomach flab I could pinch between my fingers.
- Parental responsibility is the key factor in fighting our children's flab and they need to be assisted in making the difficult choices about what to feed their children.
- Still, I wouldn't want a romantic clinch with a new love at my age - what with all that cellulite and flab.
- It is what happens to your silhouette when excess flab is forced upwards and outwards by trousers that are at least two sizes too small.
- He was of good army build, not letting any flab get to his body with his steel blue eyes that demanded respect when he wanted it.
Synonyms
fat, fatty tissue, excessive weight, fatness, plumpness, bulk, fleshiness, flesh

Origin

1950s: back-formation from flabby.

单词	flab
释义	Definition of flab in English: flab noun flabflæb mass nouninformal Soft loose flesh on a person's body; fat. Example sentencesExamples You hope nothing unbuttons or unzips on you, revealing any flab or flesh. As his athletic bulk has turned to flab, he is now seen as a danger only to fellow-users of public transport. The only way to get rid of extra weight and flab is through exercise to burn up extra calories and by keeping away from those extra calories in the first place. I'll lose this flab around my middle, have some more energy and probably feel a little more focused and centered. Still, I wouldn't want a romantic clinch with a new love at my age - what with all that cellulite and flab. The very idea of overweight men being able to stuff all their excess flab into their underwear and pass themselves off as svelte is, quite frankly, unacceptable. But the grand ambition to shed festive season flab is likely to be quietly ditched by two-thirds of people before winter is out. It is what happens to your silhouette when excess flab is forced upwards and outwards by trousers that are at least two sizes too small. Not all English holidaymakers like getting drunk and showing off their flab you know! Parental responsibility is the key factor in fighting our children's flab and they need to be assisted in making the difficult choices about what to feed their children. Recently, an official newspaper published photos of them flaunting their flab. Though alcohol need not be eliminated from our lives, it is of interest to note that it is devoid of any nutritional value and can be turned into fat, adding flab to the body. The foetal stem cell therapy is not only being used to smooth out wrinkles, but is also being injected into other parts of the body to get rid of cellulite and excess flab. But if you stick to a program of healthful, moderately sized meals, this could be all your body needs to rid itself of excess flab. Love handles and a bit of flab here and there are a normal part of growing older, but an increasing number of people are facing a far weightier problem. I hated how I looked so I spent the summer working out and doing everything I could do get rid of my baby fat and flab. The first of my tests was a simple measurement of how much of my test subjects' stomach flab I could pinch between my fingers. Italian sportsmen are far too vain to run to flab. If he can cope with my cellulite, I can cope with his flab. He was of good army build, not letting any flab get to his body with his steel blue eyes that demanded respect when he wanted it. Synonyms fat, fatty tissue, excessive weight, fatness, plumpness, bulk, fleshiness, flesh paunch, pot belly, beer belly, beer gut informal beef Origin 1950s: back-formation from flabby. Flab was formed in the 1950s from the late 17th-century flabby, itself a form of flappy (late 16th century) from Middle English flap, which probably, along with its further variant flop (early 17th century), imitates the sound of something flapping. The slang use be in a flap about something dates from the early 20th century. Flabbergast, first mentioned in 1772 as a new piece of fashionable slang and probably an arbitrary invention, may have been modelled on flabby. Flaccid (early 17th century) comes from flaccus, the Latin for ‘flabby’. Rhymes blab, cab, confab, crab, Crabbe, dab, drab, fab, gab, grab, jab, kebab, lab, nab, scab, slab, smash-and-grab, stab, tab Definition of flab in US English: flab nounflæbflab informal Soft loose flesh on a person's body; fat. Example sentencesExamples The foetal stem cell therapy is not only being used to smooth out wrinkles, but is also being injected into other parts of the body to get rid of cellulite and excess flab. I hated how I looked so I spent the summer working out and doing everything I could do get rid of my baby fat and flab. The very idea of overweight men being able to stuff all their excess flab into their underwear and pass themselves off as svelte is, quite frankly, unacceptable. As his athletic bulk has turned to flab, he is now seen as a danger only to fellow-users of public transport. Though alcohol need not be eliminated from our lives, it is of interest to note that it is devoid of any nutritional value and can be turned into fat, adding flab to the body. Italian sportsmen are far too vain to run to flab. You hope nothing unbuttons or unzips on you, revealing any flab or flesh. Love handles and a bit of flab here and there are a normal part of growing older, but an increasing number of people are facing a far weightier problem. The only way to get rid of extra weight and flab is through exercise to burn up extra calories and by keeping away from those extra calories in the first place. I'll lose this flab around my middle, have some more energy and probably feel a little more focused and centered. If he can cope with my cellulite, I can cope with his flab. But the grand ambition to shed festive season flab is likely to be quietly ditched by two-thirds of people before winter is out. Recently, an official newspaper published photos of them flaunting their flab. But if you stick to a program of healthful, moderately sized meals, this could be all your body needs to rid itself of excess flab. Not all English holidaymakers like getting drunk and showing off their flab you know! The first of my tests was a simple measurement of how much of my test subjects' stomach flab I could pinch between my fingers. Parental responsibility is the key factor in fighting our children's flab and they need to be assisted in making the difficult choices about what to feed their children. Still, I wouldn't want a romantic clinch with a new love at my age - what with all that cellulite and flab. It is what happens to your silhouette when excess flab is forced upwards and outwards by trousers that are at least two sizes too small. He was of good army build, not letting any flab get to his body with his steel blue eyes that demanded respect when he wanted it. Synonyms fat, fatty tissue, excessive weight, fatness, plumpness, bulk, fleshiness, flesh Origin 1950s: back-formation from flabby.
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